TRANSITIONAL DEVICES: WORDS & PHRASES
Tr a nsi tio n al wo rd s and ph rase s ar e als o kn ow n as c ohes iv e dev is es . Th ey s tr en gthe n writ in g by i mp ro ving
fl ow a nd c la ri fyin g th e re la ti ons hi ps b etw ee n id ea s, s en te nces , an d pa ra grap hs .
TO IND ICA TE AGREEM ENT , AD DI TION , O R SIMI LAR ITY
ad di ti onal ly ,
com pa rati ve ly
in l ik e ma nn er
of c ou rs e,
ag ai n
cor re spon di ngly
in t he f irs t pl ace
si mi la rly,
al on g with
cou pl ed w it h
in t he lig ht of
th en
al so
eq ua ll y
in t he sam e wa y
to
an d
eq ua ll y impo rt ant
li ke
to say no th ing of
as
fi rs t, sec on d, thi rd
li ke wi se,
tog et her w it h
as a m atte r of f ac t,
fu rt he rm ore
mo re ov er
too
as w el l as
id en ti call y
no t on ly . .. but a ls o
un iq ue ly
by t he sam e to ken
in a dd it ion ,
no t to m enti on
wh at i s mo re
TO IND ICA TE AN E XA MPL E, S HO W S UPPO RT, OR EM PHA SIZE
an ot he r ke y po int
im po rt an t to r eali ze
na me ly
to cl arif y
as a n illu st ra tion
in f ac t,
no ta bl y
to demo ns tr ate
by a ll mea ns
in g en eral ,
on t he n egat iv e si de
to em phas iz e
ce rt ai nly
in o th er w or ds ,
on t he p osit iv e si de
to enum er at e
ex pr es sive ly
in p ar ticu la r
po in t ofte n ov erlo ok ed
to ex plai n
fi rs t and fo remo st
in t hi s ca se
si gn if ican tl y
to po int ou t
fi rs t th ing t o reme mb er
in cl ud ing
sp ec if ic all y,
to pu t it a noth er w ay
fo r ex ampl e,
in de ed
su ch a s
to pu t it d iffe re ntly
fo r in stan ce ,
li ke
su re ly
to re peat
fo r on e th in g
ma rk ed ly
su rp ri si ngly
tr ul y
fo r th is r ea so n,
com pe llin g evid en ce
th at i s to s ay
wi th a tten ti on to
fr eq ue nt ly
it m us t be re me mb ered
to be s ur e
wi th t his in m ind
TO IND IC ATE AN EFF ECT, RESU LT , OR CO NSE QUE NCE
ac co rd ingl y
con se quen tl y
he nc ef or th
th er eu po n
as a r esul t
fo r th is r ea so n
in t ha t ca se
th us
be ca us e
fo rt hw ith
th er ef ore
he nc e
TO IND IC ATE CON TR ADI CTIO N, OPPOSI TIO N, O R LIMI TAT ION
(a nd ) stil l
be t ha t as i t ma y
in c on tras t
on t he oth er h and
(a nd ) ye t
be si de s
in r ea lity
or
ab ov e al l
bu t
in s pi te o f
oth er wise
af te r all
con ve rsel y
in st ea d
ra th er
al be it
de sp it e
ne ve rt hele ss
re ga rd less
al th ou gh
di ff er ent fr om
no ne th el ess
th en a ga in
al th ou gh t hi s ma y be
ev en s o
no tw it hsta nd in g
un li ke
as m uc h as
ev en t ho ugh
of c ou rs e . .. , bu t
wh er ea s
at t he s ame t im e
ho we ve r
on t he con tr ary
wh il e
